Western Australia have been forced to name a host of youngsters given an astonishing 14 of their best players are unavailable due to either international duty or injury.

Shaun Marsh, Mitchell Marsh, Cameron Bancroft, Jhye Richardson (all Test), Marcus Stoinis, D'Arcy Short, Ashton Agar and Andrew Tye (all T20) are all with the national team, while fast bowler Matt Kelly has also been ruled out due to back soreness, joining Nathan Coulter-Nile, Jason Behrendorff, Joel Paris, Cameron Green and David Moody on the sidelines.

Tasmania have made two changes, with Jackson Bird to miss with the hamstring injury that’s also ruled him out of the Qantas Tour of South Africa.

Fellow paceman Gabe Bell, who had taken 24 wickets in six matches this season, misses after fracturing his foot in last week’s clash at the Gabba.

Andrew Fekete and Hamish Kingston come into the squad for the clash at Blundstone Arena. Fekete has made one appearance at Sheffield Shield level this season, taking three wickets at the WACA, while Kingston has played two matches in Tasmania’s Toyota Futures League side this season.

The my FootDr Queensland Bulls will take an unchanged squad to Melbourne for their clash with the Bushrangers at the MCG.

The Bulls went to the top of the ladder with an outright win over Tasmania at the Gabba last weekend, lifting them three points clear of second-placed NSW.

Victoria have made two changes to their squad, with Will Pucovski and Fawad Ahmed replacing Test squad members Peter Handscomb and Jon Holland.

Pucovski scored 207* and 65 in Victoria's most recent Toyota Futures League fixture against Western Australia, with Friday's game to be his first Shield outing since suffering concussion in February last year during his debut against New South Wales at the MCG.